A Marquesas Island Ear Ornament
carved from marine ivory with large disc shaped section, the pointed projection carved in relief with a tiki figure, with pierced hole for an additional marine ivory pin with facet cut head, 7cm. high, 8.5cm. wide, pin: 8.5cm.
Sold for
£1,527
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Cf. Steven Phelps, Art and Artefacts, the James Hooper Collection, (London 1976), p.101, plate 50, no.405
See colour illustration inside back cover
Category: Antiquities
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